Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 232566
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 105874
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 119694
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ [2 violins, cello] ad lib.
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Item no.: 692863
Six Christmas Songs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 762657
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 687319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 656087
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 677596
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
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Item no.: 661052
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 660993
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
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Item no.: 659316
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 658776
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 663883
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 423635
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 422610
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 433070
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
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Item no.: 377397
for: Women's choir, organ
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Item no.: 374705
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 365794
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 362706
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 362297
for: Voice [choir], organ [piano]
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Item no.: 354470
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
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Item no.: 606587
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 616053
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 302028
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 334315
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 566039
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
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Item no.: 1667862
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 1654838
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
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Item no.: 1653119
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
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Item no.: 1642672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
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Item no.: 1671050
for: Choir
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Item no.: 948749
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169644
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169570
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169531
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330995
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858666
Weihnachtsoratorium für Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 578677
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1353491
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340076
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803479
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805590
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805588
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803201
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802321
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804278
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